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Wis. FFA Receives Donation From ANIMART
ANIMART, Inc. recently donated nearly $30,000 to the Wisconsin FFA on behalf of dairy and livestock producers who purchased Pfizer Animal Health vaccines during a 2010 winter and spring program. “We are proud to have offered large animal clients and producers a program to support FFA through their purchases of Pfizer Animal Health products during a three month promotion,” says … Read More
DFA Opens New Regional Office in Calif.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has opened a new regional office in Ripon, Calif. “Now we’re centrally located (in dairy country),” said Glenn Wallace, DFA area chief operating officer. “Ripon is a great community. We’re happy to be here.” Wallace was joined by DFA members and staff and City of Ripon dignitaries. “Ripon was founded on farming,” Mayor Chuck Winn … Read More
Dairy Contest is All in the Agvocacy
Here’s a contest with a great prize: BASF Plant Science is offering a grand prize winner a spot at the new AgChat Foundation‘s Agvocacy 2.0 Conference! Just enter their NutriDense® Silage Web Moo.0 contest! Between the #dairy Twitter hashtag, straight-from-the-milking parlor blog posts, and planting season Facebook updates, social media has revolutionized how the dairy industry tells its story. Now, … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted three bids from Dairy Farmers of America for a total of 225 metric tons (496,040 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East. The product will be delivered July through September 2010. Since CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program on March 18, 2010, it has assisted members in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, … Read More
Select Sires Opens New Facility
Select Sires Inc. has completed a new global production facility located in Plain City, Ohio. In late November 2009, construction began for the development of two state-of-the-art production facilities across from the international headquarters location that will enable Select Sires to continue to grow and invest in the future of its customer-owners. “This expansion will comfortably and safely house some … Read More
Top Jersey Milk Cheeses
Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2nd World Jersey Cheese Awards, an initiative of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau (WJCB)! In 2008 the World Jersey Cattle Bureau launched the world’s first produce awards dedicated to a single breed of livestock – The World Jersey Cheese Awards. The concept was simple: demonstrate the quality and diversity of cheeses made … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
The cheese price roller coaster headed back up mid way through June Dairy Month as the market awaited the May Milk Production report which came out Friday afternoon after our deadline. Cash block ended the week at $1.4050 per pound, up 3 1/2-cents on the week, 28 3/4-cents above a year ago, and reversed three weeks of decline. The barrels … Read More
More on Bt Corn for Silage
In this edition of Forage Forum, we have the second of a two-part series on Bt corn for silage with Bill Seglar, Pioneer nutritional sciences veterinarian. Here Seglar highlights the extensive registration process for biotech traits. Listen to the podcast here: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://zimmcomm.biz/pioneer/pioneer-podcast-76-wdd.mp3] Bill Seglar on Bt Corn for Silage part 2 (4:00 min MP3) To see all archived Pioneer Forage … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted one bid from Foremost Farms, two bids from Dairy Farmers of America and five bids from Darigold on a total of 911 metric tons (2,007,971 pounds) of Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack to the Middle East and Asia. The product will be delivered June through December 2010. Since CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program on … Read More